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Designing 007: Fifty years of Bond style

A new exhibition at London's Barbican Centre explores the style of suave secret agent James Bond, displaying costumes, props, set pieces and design drawings from half a century of 007 films. Assembled with help from the films' producers, the exhibition includes the spy's tuxedos, Bond girl ballgowns and villains' vestments, as well as a selection of props and gadgets. Here, a recreation of Jill Masterson's golden body in the film "Goldfinger" is seen on display in the exhibition.

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Visitors look at a tuxedo worn by James Bond actor, Daniel Craig in the film "Quantum of Solace" on display in the exhibition "Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style" at the Barbican centre in London, July 5, 2012. The exhibit also includes sketches by the films' influential set designer, Ken Adam, whose cavernous lairs and sleek space stations did much to create the movies' modernist luster.

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A visitor takes a picture of Scaramanga's golden gun in the film "The Man with the Golden Gun" on display in the exhibition "Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style" at the Barbican centre in London, July 5, 2012. The exhibit opens July 6, 2012, and runs to Sept. 5. It will then tour internationally, opening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto in October.

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A visitor looks at a display showing, from left, an orange bikini worn by actress Halle Berry in the film "Die Another Day," a white bikini worn by Ursula Andress in film "Dr No," James Bond actor Daniel Craig's swimming trunk in film "Casino Royale" and Bond portrayer Sean Connery's beach shorts in the film "Thunderball." The exhibition "Designing 007 - Fifty Years of "Bond Style," at the Barbican centre in London, is both a reflection of the remarkable staying power of Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent and a tribute to the British, European and American craftspeople and designers who created the look of the quintessentially British icon.

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A melting model of Ice Palace in the film "Die Another Day" is seen on display in the exhibition "Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style" at the Barbican centre in London, July 5, 2012.

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A visitor takes picture of models of James Bond's Lotus Esprit used in the film "The Spy Who Loved Me" on display in the exhibition "Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style" at the Barbican centre in London, July 5, 2012.

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Visitors look at a James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 used in the film "GoldenEye" on display in the exhibition "Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style" at the Barbican centre in London, July 5, 2012.

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A visitor looks at a tuxedo worn by James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan in the film "GoldenEye" on display in the show "Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style" at the Barbican centre in London, July 5, 2012.

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Visitors look at a recreation of Jill Masterson's golden body in the film "Goldfinger" on display in the exhibition "Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style" at the Barbican centre in London, July 5, 2012.